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A VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER 77P-7375 Vol. 4, No. I August 29, 1974
The Brandt Years Brought
6rowth,New ImageTo VCU
Faculty Involved In
The Selection Of
On the eve of h is October I New VCU President
resignation date, VCU president Dr.
Warren W. Brandt looked back over h is
past five years here and evaluated the
period as a time of tremendous growth
and progress for the university.
Dr. Brandt submitted his resignation
to the Board of Visitors, indicating
t hat he is interest ed in seeking new
challenges after having accomplished
many of his objecti ves.
One of the greatest areas of
accomplishment, as Dr. Brandt sees it,
Dr. Brandt
is the faculty growth
during the past five
years . Citing the fact
that VCU was 98th
among the nation's
universities in the
amount of grants
re ceived last year,
Dr. Brandt says it is
a reflection on t he
quality of faculty.
"We've broken into the top one
hundred universiti es in terms of grants.
While this is a tough period for getting
grants, we've been gaining on other
in st itu t io ns to t he poi nt t hat we're
now in t he top o ne hundred in grants
rece ived," Dr. Bra ndt said . " Thi!:;
ref lects on t he types of peopl e we've
bee n h ir ing. It shows that our faculty
is ab le to compete for national
research monies. And because of our
facu lty strength we ' r'e moving- more
rap idly than oth er in stitut ions," he
said .
The VCU president noted that the
facu lty has set what he t ermed
sign ifigrantly higher standards for new
people . "We see this in requirements
for tenure, promotion and hiring," he
explained .
Dr. Bra ndt is particularly proud of
the progress that has been made in the
past five years in facu lty and student
minority recruitment. Hiring
minority re cruiter was one of the fir st
things Dr. Brandt did as VCU
president and the growth in minority
fa cu lty and stude nts has been
signifigant as a resu lt.
One of the university's greatest
needs, accord ing to Dr. Brandt, is for
VCU's reputation to catch up with its
progress. "The progress has been so
rapid, it has out stripped our
reputation. We need to have it catch
up with us. The message has got to be
pushed th at we're in the top one
hundred ." (Continued on page 3)
Wide-based p articipation in the
selection of the nextVCUpresident will
be active ly sought by the Board of
Vi sitors, according to Dr. Wyndham B.
Bl anton, rector.
I n press conferences he ld
immediately after the re signati on of
Dr. Brandt, Dr. Blanton indicated that
facu lty , admin istrators and students
would be asked to make contributions
to the selection process.
He said the Boa rd of Vi sitors would
work to design a se lection process
wh ich will include a ll elements olthe
university fam ily . The procedures wi ll
be d istributed as soon as possible,
he said.
THE FIRST TWO WINGS of t he $5.6 million science-education complex take shape, and
accordi ng to physical p lant d irector Frank Faulhaber, construction on the t h ird wing
abutt ing t he b usi ness buil ding will get under way by Oct. I. The tri-unit complex will include
two aerial walkways and will house t he chemistry , phsyics and education departments.

A VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER 77P-7375 Vol. 4, No. I August 29, 1974
The Brandt Years Brought
6rowth,New ImageTo VCU
Faculty Involved In
The Selection Of
On the eve of h is October I New VCU President
resignation date, VCU president Dr.
Warren W. Brandt looked back over h is
past five years here and evaluated the
period as a time of tremendous growth
and progress for the university.
Dr. Brandt submitted his resignation
to the Board of Visitors, indicating
t hat he is interest ed in seeking new
challenges after having accomplished
many of his objecti ves.
One of the greatest areas of
accomplishment, as Dr. Brandt sees it,
Dr. Brandt
is the faculty growth
during the past five
years . Citing the fact
that VCU was 98th
among the nation's
universities in the
amount of grants
re ceived last year,
Dr. Brandt says it is
a reflection on t he
quality of faculty.
"We've broken into the top one
hundred universiti es in terms of grants.
While this is a tough period for getting
grants, we've been gaining on other
in st itu t io ns to t he poi nt t hat we're
now in t he top o ne hundred in grants
rece ived" Dr. Bra ndt said . " Thi!:;
ref lects on t he types of peopl e we've
bee n h ir ing. It shows that our faculty
is ab le to compete for national
research monies. And because of our
facu lty strength we ' r'e moving- more
rap idly than oth er in stitut ions" he
said .
The VCU president noted that the
facu lty has set what he t ermed
sign ifigrantly higher standards for new
people . "We see this in requirements
for tenure, promotion and hiring" he
explained .
Dr. Bra ndt is particularly proud of
the progress that has been made in the
past five years in facu lty and student
minority recruitment. Hiring
minority re cruiter was one of the fir st
things Dr. Brandt did as VCU
president and the growth in minority
fa cu lty and stude nts has been
signifigant as a resu lt.
One of the university's greatest
needs, accord ing to Dr. Brandt, is for
VCU's reputation to catch up with its
progress. "The progress has been so
rapid, it has out stripped our
reputation. We need to have it catch
up with us. The message has got to be
pushed th at we're in the top one
hundred ." (Continued on page 3)
Wide-based p articipation in the
selection of the nextVCUpresident will
be active ly sought by the Board of
Vi sitors, according to Dr. Wyndham B.
Bl anton, rector.
I n press conferences he ld
immediately after the re signati on of
Dr. Brandt, Dr. Blanton indicated that
facu lty , admin istrators and students
would be asked to make contributions
to the selection process.
He said the Boa rd of Vi sitors would
work to design a se lection process
wh ich will include a ll elements olthe
university fam ily . The procedures wi ll
be d istributed as soon as possible,
he said.
THE FIRST TWO WINGS of t he $5.6 million science-education complex take shape, and
accordi ng to physical p lant d irector Frank Faulhaber, construction on the t h ird wing
abutt ing t he b usi ness buil ding will get under way by Oct. I. The tri-unit complex will include
two aerial walkways and will house t he chemistry , phsyics and education departments.